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Seeing the workmanship that went into producing the lantern meant we were happy to pay a little more for the quality. We paid k each for hand-painted lanterns around 25cm in diameter. This is amongst one of my top picks for things to buy in Vietnam. Filled with rich colours, each painting tells a story. Seeing the locals painting these on the streets, you can see how much work goes into a piece and the attention to detail required. For many souvenirs and items to buy in Vietnam, our advice is usually to look around and scope out other prices before buying.

There is a chance you may see the same or a similar item cheaper elsewhere. There is an exception to the rule. All hand-painted artworks are unique and express different styles, colours and art mediums. If you do see one you like, consider buying it as you may never see anything else like it. The best places to buy paintings are either on the streets of Hoi An or in small boutique shops. You can watch many locals sitting outside their shops or on the streets of the Old Quarter in Hoi An painting their works of art.

We also saw many small stores in Hoi An and Hanoi with beautiful pieces. Nowadays, the conical hat is still widely worn by rice farmers and locals in the city alike. It serves as great sun protection from the Southeast Asian heat and doubles as a rain hat to keep out light rain.

The shape makes it quite difficult to carry your luggage, so a great tip is to wear it on flights or when travelling between accommodation. Bring these home for your green-fingered friends — this hat is the perfect shield from the sun when gardening. You can buy these at virtually every market in Vietnam — there definitely will be no struggle to find them. Fake luxury items have created such a huge business.

The Vietnamese do like their fake Gucci. Whatever you find, there will be another one in the same market, sometimes located only a few metres away. Scope out the prices, then buy the one offering the best price. There are markets everywhere in Vietnam, and most of the items there are trinket souvenirs, fresh fruit and fake luxury items. Ben Thanh market in Ho Chi Minh City is notorious for fake items — they have everything under the sun!

Start there and practice your haggling, or take this Ben Thanh market tour to get a headstart. Ao dai is the name given to the traditional Vietnamese costume. The set consists of a tightly fitting long sleeve dress with slits from the hips to the floor.

Underneath, flowy pants are worn. The price of the costume varies greatly. There is a huge variety of colours, designs and sizes to suit all. This makes the Ao dai such a great gift for family and friends back home.

Silk in Vietnam is used in many Vietnamese costumes, including the traditional Ao dai dress. Previously worn by only the imperials, silk is now commonplace for the locals. Buy silk and bring it to a reputable tailor for a custom-made Ao dai, or alternatively, bring the silk back home for your own sewing projects. One challenge you might have with buying silk in Vietnam is assuring the quality.

Make sure to do your research on silk and the store you intend to buy from. The stores below are legitimate sources for buying silk in Vietnam. Originating from Chinese culture, the Vietnamese infuse whole snakes in rice wine or whiskey. The delicacy is believed to improve both virility and health, and acts as an aphrodisiac. Well, apparently the snake venom becomes denatured by the ethanol in the alcohol. In fact, snake wine is traditionally drunk in shot glasses rather than a wine glass due to the high alcohol content.

We were given some to try by our homestay at the Mekong Delta. Not really our cup of tea or wine , but not nearly as bad as we expected! It is illegal in many countries to bring back snake wine. This may be something to buy in Vietnam and try, rather than bring back home.

Many markets and convenience stores will stock this product. In central tourist areas you may find the prices to be a bit steep compared to other areas. There are public buses there or you can ride a motorbike, but both of these options sound both difficult and terrifying to us.

Booking a tour, either online or at your accommodation, is the best option for most travellers. You can find rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces for as little as 30k VND in markets and stores all around Vietnam. Vietnam is a great place to find affordable jewellery. Woven bracelets with beads and charms only cost about 30k VND each and metal rings, earrings, and necklaces start at around 50k VND.

Jewellery is perhaps the most compact souvenir you can buy, so barter for a few pieces then bring them home as gifts. Printed t-shirts are plentiful in Vietnam. There are so many designs and colours to choose from. Many will have punny or witty sayings on them which makes for a great laugh when browsing. Tourists are the target market here, so they offer western sizes of up to 3XL. Once again, the markets are filled to the brim with these.

Browse through and scope out the prices before making a purchase. Music plays a large part in Vietnamese culture. Three popular instruments tourists purchase are flutes, violins and xylophones. The bamboo flute is the best choice for those with little luggage room. The Dan Nhi, a Vietnamese violin, is both the dearest and takes up the most space, so plan ahead to make sure you have enough space to take it back home.

You may incur fees and confiscation when returning to your home country if the wood is not treated. Head to musical instrument stores near tourist areas. This varies greatly depending on whether originals or replicas are purchased. The war was fought between the pro-communist north Vietnam and the anti-communist south.

The war involved troops from many countries including the US, China and Australia. In the more recent years, this has become available for purchase, including photographs, books, flags and medals, with the most popular being propaganda posters. We use your Zip Code to connect you to your closest store.

Last Name. No Thanks Enter. Please select your preferred store Optional. Tell us a little about yourself Optional. True Value Rewards Number. Skip this Step Enter. This functionality is enabled only for desktop. Shop a Local Store Find a Store. I am starting a new job in a few days I really do not want to show up looking like I have a diseased, mutated hand. BTW, i have used gas to get it off my hands many times, but some people have a worse reaction to the gas on their skin than if they just left it on.

Yesterday I found 2 effective things. First, I got some on my hands and immediately rubbed my hand in dirt to get off what I could. After it dried, I was able to scrape it off with just my fingernail.

For the other small areas I gently worked it with a foot file. Granted I can't use my fingerprint scanner right now, but it worked! Still itches!!! Tried nail polish removed after I did it, and I got it off. Not sure why my skin is doing this. I have an appointment at the dermatologist on Monday. I need help deciding what to do about the echo in my great room.

I have 25 ft. I have no idea how to get started getting rid of stuff. I know I should declutter, purge, throw out and simpl.

Obsessed with natural light, tall ceilings and all windows. Where do I get my dream home, do I build it? Now that I'm redoing my great room, my kitchen is screaming, Help!!! Some of the posters should be more careful with acetone. That stuff is poisonous to your liver and it shouldn't be applied to your skin nor should you inhale the fumes as it evaporates. I think most posters have covered all the possible ways to prevent or to clean it off your skin so let me share my "oopsie", speaking of things we should never do.

I replaced the water heater in a travel trailer. Hooked it all back up and checked for leaks. All was good so I decided to use GreatStuff to insulate the tank. I got the fire out quick since a big glass and the water faucet was right there but I never tried that again! They guy who said he used grit sand paper is right i used grit sand paper yesterday it came right off i peeled the the big stuff off my hands first then used the sand paper washed my hands then repeated it 2 times it was off no skin loss at all.

Read the whole thread. Acetone, mineral spirits, tea tree oil, olive oil, vegetable oil, oil and baking soda - all did not work. Vegetable oil and coffee did the trick. Cover your hands with oil and sprinkle a generous pile of ground coffee and rub. Regular Folgers worked for me. Also lesson learned, next time I'm wearing gloves. I wore gloves but still got it all over my hands trying to unscrew the cap straw thingy.

It was made worse because I was in an attic with blown insulation. What started off with a glob on a couple of fingers ended up on both hands trying to pull the insulation off.

It was a fiasco. I know my can sure did go haywire to now it's all over my hands started coming out of where it screws onto the can and the trigger just everywhere. That's why gloves are needed for malfunctioning back ups that they don't tell you about and I agree how to clean store and reuse properly detailed instructions are needed. Surprised there isn't a age restriction to buy this stuff could you imagine kids getting ahold of it what harm or damage they could do. I have some dried foam on my skin inside of the knee.

Does it just irritate the skin until it is shed, or is it absorbed? Yeh, yeh. How the knee? It was nearly bedtime. I remembered I wanted to try this foam on the base of the door to the outside. In my nightie. Oh, not to worry folks! I used glasses, gloves, and did a cleanup. Didn't realize I was lying in the stuff. At that point the acetone did nothing. Thank God for these posts. I tried the olive oil, tea tree oil and baking soda mixture that was suggested. That helped and i was able to get some of but it was slow process.

I went to bed and got up today and got some fast orange. I got it at the automotive store. That worked like a charm! I washed them 3 times and also used a scrub bad. This stuff was magic! My hands are covered in this stuff. I tried gas,turpentine,alcohol,goop,lamp oil, nail. Scraped some off with knife lost some skin as well. Now my hands are in gloves with vaseline and antibotic cream.

I sure hope it loosens overnight. I should have read this post before getting this stuff all over my hands. At least I have a ton of funny posts to read while I pick and scrape at my fingers I got some on me today building a doghouse!!

What a nightmare! I guess there is something to be said for reading the fine print. Wore gloves while I sprayed and then got freaked out when it was expanding everywhere and ended up using a paper towel to stop it Just own it. Say, "I airsealed my house last week and my wife is so much more comfortable now". Who cares about a little bit of staining. I did this today, so I'm just trying to come to terms with the fact that nothing is getting this off.

If a huge blob of this nightmarish stuff is about to fall on your floor, DONT put out your bare hand to catch it. I tried mineral turps, washing detergent, methylated spirits, orange goo remover, more washing detergent. They collaboratively worked to a degree. The guy that invented this stuff should be shot!

Although probably I should have read the label first- the part about wearing gloves in particular. Anyone just left it on and know about how long that takes? Welp, my lackadaisical attitude of "Pffff, who needs PPE for that, it'll be fine? After soaking my hands for 45 minutes with warm soapy water and picking at the dried stuff with unsatisfactorily slow results, I finally gave in and asked my wife to Google "How do you get Great Stuff off your hands".

She found this thread, and proceeded to read me every other post while laughing her head off. For some reason I didn't find this quite as funny as she did Soapy water took off about a third after an hour and a half, and vegetable oil with coffee grounds took off another third, but I think I'm going to have to give up and have adult beverages and wait the rest of it out.

I slept overnight in them as well. It definitely makes picking this stuff your hands easier. As others have noted, nail polish remover and rubbing alcohol have done nothing. I secretly enjoy the picking aspect :. Haha learned my lesson. Heed the warnings in the comments section of a twelve year old post that still has current interaction.

This stuff does not come off. So I guess my wife will have to just forget about Valentine's night -- my hands look and feel like zombie hands Not the vibe I was going for.

Oh and don't smear it. You ain't getting it up when it's all smushy and gooey. Jayson coulonge.. Thomas pouncey only thing that works is sand paper or so peel the big stuff off first then work it lil by lil wet it sand it wet it sand it it will come off.

Using Great Stuff large gap filler in my year old basement it oozed out of the bottom of the straw where it met the can and onto my hand. So it dried. I tried the coffee grounds methods several times which helped a bit to relieve the stickiness.

Then I used a straight edged steak knife it shave it my fingers followed my multiple rounds of sandibg my fingers and palm delicately with an Emory board. Well I guess I'm here joining the rest of you! I tried to catch that gooey glop that fell to the floor. I've never used anything like this before and have learned my lesson the fun way!

It's supposed to be a luxurious place to stay while hunting and all I have are nightmares so far! I would rather sleep in the tent! We have no running water, no heat, no cell service etc.

It's all good until I come in because I'm a mess wherever I go. Well I used the spray foam made the mess and on and on and then decided I would clean my hands off in the snow since that was my only resource. It turned into a gooey sticky mess! Yes there was gloves there and no I didn't think to use them but by the time I was going to put them on it was too late.

I couldn't even get my fingers in them they were so sticky. I used the backside of the gloves and stuck them to my hands to give me a makeshift stick free hand so I could get home and now I'm reading all of these to get this stuff off. I've tried the acetone, pumice stone, lotion, hot water and dawn, and so on! Well I guess nature will have to take its course.

My hands feel like sand paper and are very crusty. Of course on the way out of my mother's last night my husband thought he was funny and said "well I guess I won't be getting any hand jobs any time soon. Gorilla glue is just another polyurethane glue Gorilla Glue Woman was recently in the news.